Eleanor Roosevelt

Blanche Wiesen Cook

Eleanor Roosevelt
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country
United Kingdom
Published
3 July 2000
Pages
598
ISBN
9780747549758

Eleanor Roosevelt

Blanche Wiesen Cook

Visionary, activist, political wife, and woman of surprising independence, Eleanor Roosevelt was the most influential First Lady the United States has ever had and undoubtedly one of the most important woman in American political history.

Born into the American aristocracy and into a family ravaged by alcoholism and self-destruction, Eleanor Roosevelt learned, rather than inherited, her progressive views. Though steeped in the sensibilities of the Old South with its prejudices against black people and Jews, she became an antiracist activist. She also became an eloquent spokesperson for peace and for women, proclaiming In the future there will be nothing closed to women because of sex .

In this definitive biography, ten years in the making, Blanche Wiesen Cook’s access to new archives, her insights, and her respect for her subject contribute a new perspective not just on Eleanor Roosevelt but on the world of politics in which she thrived. This book celebrates a woman of wit, passion, unfailing energy and blithe courage, whose life can be seen as a guide for all women and men interested in a just society.

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